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Smart Aleck-in-Chief?

There may be good reasons for Obama to go negative, but doing so could wreck his presidency.

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Daniel Henninger

Updated April 29, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

Here's a quiz: For which of the following reasons is the 44th president of the United States bad-mouthing Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, bankers, mine operators, insurers, Glenn Beck, the tea party, the Supreme Court and whoever he hammers as we go to press: